developerWorks: Multipurpose Multimedia Processing with GStreamer
Jul 18, 2006, 05:30 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Maciej Katafiasz)
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"Multimedia, by definition, means a variety of media types. You
can store audio, video, and metadata in a myriad of file formats.
However, this also means learning to use many tools to manipulate
such diverse content.
"This is where GStreamer comes to the rescue. By hiding all the
different tools and libraries inside its plug-ins and using the
general concept of a media pipeline, GStreamer is able to present
the manipulation of different types of media in a uniform way. This
allows you to concentrate on the media at hand, instead of
wondering what pipe diameter your plumbing should have..."
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